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Color Realism and Color Science
by
Alex Byrne & David R. Hilbert
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Color Realism and Color Science
Alex Byrne
Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA 02139
David R. Hilbert
Department of Philosophy
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago IL 60607
KEYWORDS: Color, color vision, comparative vision, ecological view,
inverted spectrum, mental representation, perception, physicalism, qualia,
realism, similarity
ABSTRACT: The target article is an attempt to make some progress on the
problem of color realism. Are objects colored? And what is the nature of
the color properties? We defend the view that physical objects (for
instance, tomatoes, radishes, and rubies) are colored, and that colors are
physical properties, specifically types of reflectance. This is probably a
minority opinion, at least among color scientists. Textbooks frequently
claim that physical objects aren't colored, and that the colors are
"subjective" or "in the mind." The article has two other purposes: first,
to introduce an interdisciplinary audience to some distinctively
philosophical tools that are useful in tackling the problem of color
realism and, second, to clarify the various positions and central
arguments in the debate.
The first part explains the problem of color realism and makes some useful
distinctions. These distinctions are then used to expose various
confusions that often prevent people from seeing that the issues are
genuine and difficult, and that the problem of color realism ought to be
of interest to anyone working in the field of color science. The second
part explains the various leading answers to the problem of color realism,
and (briefly) argues that all views other than our own have serious
difficulties or are unmotivated. The third part explains and motivates our
own view, that colors are types of reflectances, and defends it against
objections made in the recent literature that are often taken as fatal.
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